Small block of code to serve static files using node (useful for debugging when "XMLHttpRequest cannot load file..")

static_server.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var path = require('path');

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.sendfile('index.html');
});


app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/')));


app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000);